Guest guest Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 > Hi, > > When my cea graduated from slight flushing to red, dry skin > with broken capillaries I also noticed two round circles on face > which looked a little like a ringworm. Can't diagnose from a description, Anne, it needs to be seen by a physician. Could be a lot of things. Fungal skin infections can be diagnosed by taking a scraping and looking at it under the microscope by a family doctor or dermatologist. Hope that helps. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 Hi Anne--this is exactly how my rosacea started. In fact, I was so sure it was ringworm, I convinced my GP to test it. The test did come back positive for fungus, but I think that's because I had a bit of seb derm with it. Turns out it was just a cluster of blood vessels that was, for some strange reason, circular. It would come and go over the years, when I flared really badly. > Hi, > > When my cea graduated from slight flushing to red, dry skin with > broken capillaries I also noticed two round circles on face which > looked a little like a ringworm. They seemed to appear overnight. > Different doctors had different diagnosis and I tried fungal cream, > cortisone (only applied twice) and a few other concoctions to no > avail. When I first got them they were itchy but that has stopped. > They are not raised, do not flake and never increase in size but some > days they are redder than usual. They are about the size of a 5 cent > coin. Does anyone have any ideas what they might be and if there's > anyway to get rid of them? > > Anne M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2002 Report Share Posted April 16, 2002 > Does that include fungal related illnesses such as Seborrheic > Dermatitis or Pitysprorum folliculitus? Could a derm look at a > skin scraping under the microscope and tell if one of those two > things is occurring in the prescence of yeast? (a type of fungus) Fungal infections of the skin are all diagnosed the same way, it doesn't matter how or why it got there. Yeast is not " a type " of fungus. Fungus and yeast are two forms of the same organism, which one is manifest depends on the organism, environmental conditions, etc. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2002 Report Share Posted April 16, 2002 > Does that include fungal related illnesses such as Seborrheic > Dermatitis or Pitysprorum folliculitus? Could a derm look at a > skin scraping under the microscope and tell if one of those two > things is occurring in the prescence of yeast? (a type of fungus) Fungal infections of the skin are all diagnosed the same way, it doesn't matter how or why it got there. Yeast is not " a type " of fungus. Fungus and yeast are two forms of the same organism, which one is manifest depends on the organism, environmental conditions, etc. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2002 Report Share Posted April 16, 2002 > Does that include fungal related illnesses such as Seborrheic > Dermatitis or Pitysprorum folliculitus? Could a derm look at a > skin scraping under the microscope and tell if one of those two > things is occurring in the prescence of yeast? (a type of fungus) Fungal infections of the skin are all diagnosed the same way, it doesn't matter how or why it got there. Yeast is not " a type " of fungus. Fungus and yeast are two forms of the same organism, which one is manifest depends on the organism, environmental conditions, etc. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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